plagiarism
noun /ˈpleɪdʒərɪzəm/
/ˈpleɪdʒərɪzəm/
[uncountable, countable] (disapproving)- an act of plagiarizing something; something that has been plagiarized
- There were accusations of plagiarism.
- a text full of plagiarisms
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin plagiarius ‘kidnapper’ (from plagium ‘a kidnapping’, from Greek plagion) + -ism.